It Happened to Me: My House Had No Shower For Two Months and It Made My Life Better

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It Happened to Me: My House Had No Shower For Two Months and It Made My Life Better

I am a 28-year-old in a rental crisis who cares about two things: cheap inner-city rent and not living in a sharehouse. A gnawing fear of being fucked by a rental increase drives me to willingly ignore unsavoury living conditions. As long as I can live where I want without being plunged into rental stress I don’t really give a damn about the mould, rats, or whatever horror my home throws at me. So, last year, when my friend moved into the house …